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c0s0. Scutellum transversim strigosum.  Hemielytra maris completa, subparallela, corio 
sulco laterali profundo, membrana apicem abdominis leviter superante, obscure fumata, 
macula parva ad apicem cunei pallescente; feminae abbreviata, tota coriacea, segmentum 
sextum dorsale attingentia, apice versus suturam truncata, angulo exteriore rotundata, 
incisura cunei nulla. Pedes robusti, toti nigri, femoribus etiam feminae parum incras- 
satis, margine anteriore setis rigidis destitutis. 
3. Orthocephalus mutabilis Far. 
TD IV, 12 4,8, ©: 
Diagn.: Cum antennis et pedibus niger, nitidus, superne nigro-setosus, setis 
hemielytrorum semi-adpressis, pilis squamiformibus orichalceis vel aureis facili- 
ter divellendis tectus; vertice utrinque guttula ferruginea, saepe obso- 
leta, postice tenuiter arcuato-marginato, margine acuto, oculo circiter 4 — 
duplo (g') vel 24 — 2% (QG) latiore; antennis articulo secundo versus apicem 
sensim distincte incrassato, tertio secundo l/,—"; breviore, quarto tertio fere 
‘. breviore; pronoto scutelloque sub-laevibus, callis pronoti bene discretis; 
hemielytris maris plaga lata juxta suturam clavi dimidioque basali membranae 
sordide albido-flaventibus, membranae venis nigris, feminae (brachypterae) totis 
nigris, apice divaricatim late rotundatis. Long. G 5°%,—5%, © 47,—4%, "% 
Syn.: Acanthia coriacea Fagr., Gen. Ins. 299, 1—2!1) Salda id. Fazr., Syst. Rh. 
115,8.  Orthocephalus id. Srâz, Hem. Fabr. IL, 88, 1. Reur., Hem. Gymn. Scand. et 
Fenn. 110, 2! Saunp., Syn. Br. Het. 289, 1. Capsus (Lopus) id. Taoms., Op. Ent. 452, 
DO! Labops id. Reur., Rev., Synon. n:0 263. Cômex grylloides Goxzs, Ent. Beytr. IT, 187, 
13. Capsus mutabilis Fans, Hem, Sv. 118, 5! For, Rh. Livl. 567,58 partim. Halticus 
id. Burm., Handb. 11, 27%, L Capsus (Leptomerocoris) id. Kirscæs., Rh. Wiesb. 85, 
107.  Orthocephalus id. Fres., Eur. Hem. 293, 8. Capsus pilosus Haux, Wanz. Ins. 
Il, 96, fig. 181. Mev., Rh. Schw. 59, 24 Fror, Rh. Livl. 564, 56. Capsus stygialis 
Murs. et Rey, Op. ent. I, p. 151 (veris. = ©). 
Hab. im Centaurea scabiosa (ipse), Curduis (Lucas), Spartio scopario (HAHN) ete. 
Suecia media! et meridionalis!; Norvegia meridionalis; Dania!; Britannia; Batavia; Belgium ; 
Gallia; Alsacia; Germania (Guestphalia, Wiesbaden, Bavaria, Silesia, Saxonia, Borussia, 
Mecklenburg); Livonia; Rossia (Charcov, Nischni-Novgorod, Chvalynsk, Kasan, Orenburg); 
Hungaria; Bohemia, Austria, Styria, [lyria; Helvetia; Italia; Algeria (?). 
Descr.: Corpus nigrum, sat nitidum, superne longe nigro-setosum, pilis sqvamifor- 
mibus facile divellendis aureis vestitum. Caput basi pronoti 1/, (Z) vel vix magis qvam 
1/5 ( brach.) angustius, nigrum, solum vertice utrinque guttula saepe sat obsolete ferru- 
ginea; vertice à basi usque declivi et cum fronte sensim confluente, tenuiter aucuato- 
marginato, clypeo basi a fronte parum discreto, ipsa basi in linea inter bases antenna- 
rum ducta posita, loris discretis, gula sat longa. Rostrum piceo-nigrum, apicem meso- 
1) Descriptio nimis falsa, nomen vix acceptandum. Vide Rev. Syn. I, p 42! 
